Removable handgrip for guns



H. A. REISING REMOVABLE HANDGRIP FOR GUNS Filed Aug. 10, 1953 Nam 7, 1955 INVENTO? ATTORNEY-S.

United States Patent REMOVABLE HANDGRIP FOR GUNS Harry A. Reising, La Grange, 111.

Application August 10, 1953, Serial No. 373,132

2 Claims. (Cl. 42-71) This invention relates to removable handgrips for guns, and more particularly to a handgrip construction adapted for use with a wide variety of guns.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a removable handgrip which may be readily adjusted and firmly secured to a desired position along the forearm or the like of a gun or rifle.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a handgrip construction which may be employed for the manufacture of a wide variety of handgrip forms for use with many difierent types of guns.

It is a further object to provide a handgrip construction which is simple in design and readily adaptable to large-scale manufacture at low cost.

It is another object to provide a removable and slidably adjustable handgrip for guns which may be positioned at any desired location below the forearm or other suitable portion of the gun structure and firmly secured thereto inlocking engagement.

It is a still further object to provide a removable and adjustable handgrip for guns which may be secured below the forearm or other suitable portion of the gun structure to permit the barrel of the gun to be forwardly supported by an operator employing a thumb-up fist-like grasp along a vertical axis.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be more apparent from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gun having the handgrip of the present invention attached thereto.

Figure 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the gun shown in Figure 1, illustrating the manner in which my novel handgrip is attached to the gun.

Figure 3 is an exploded view of the handgrip of Figures l and 2, showing the separate parts thereof prior to assembly.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the assembled handgrip of Figures 1 to 3.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view along line 55 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a front elevation of a modified shape of handgrip shown attached to a gun of another type.

Figure 7 is a front elevation of a handgrip constructed in accordance with the present invention shown attached to still another type of gun.

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figures 6 and 7 showing a handgrip employed with yet another type of gun.

In Figure l of the drawing I have illustrated a handgrip 10, constructed in accordance with my present invention, attached to the forearm 11 of an automatic shotgun 12. As best shown in Figure 2, the handgrip is of Y-shaped form comprising an elongated handle portion 14, having raised ridges 15 to facilitate manual gripping, and a pair of oppositely disposed arm portions 16 and 18. The arms 16 and 18 form a yoke and include between them a surface or configuration 20 which is substantially similar in form to the shape of the lower ex- 2,771,697 Patented Nov.

2 ternal surface of the forearm 11 of the gun 12. The inner shape of the arms 16 and 18 conforms closely to the forearm 11, resulting in a uniformly contacting engagement therewith. v

The handgrip comprises an assembly of four major subunits, as best shown in Figure 3. Two substantially identical body elements 22 provide the opposite halves for the unitary assembly. The elements 22 may be molded of a resilient material such as rubber or the like. The elements 22 are provided with a pair of internal channels or grooves 23 and 24, each extending upwardly from the handle portion to one of the arms and lying substantially along the central portions thereof. The grooves 23 and 24 conform to the curved shapes of the opposed arms of the body halves 22.

A pair of substantially identical metallic spring elements 25, having a shape which conforms to either of the grooves 23 and 24, when properly faced, are provided for insertion within the grooves between the body halves. Another channel 26 is provided transversely of the elements 22 so as to form a cylindrical bore when the body halves are in face-to-face relation. A screw threaded bolt 27 passes through apertures 29 in the spring elements 25. The bolt 27 is oppositely threaded along each half portion to receive a pair of opposed nuts 30, and is pro- 1 the nuts 30 within recesses 31. A second body half 22 is next brought into face-to-face engagement with the first body half so as to receive the elements 25, 27 and 30 in like manner. The transverse seam then may be suitably sealed by solvent adhesive or molding as desired to form a complete unitary assembly.

At the end of the handle portion 14, I provide a cavit 32 formed by recesses 33 in body halves 22. Each recess is provided with a small lug 34. The purpose of the cavity 32 is to receive a metal screw-driver 35 therein. The screw-driver 35 is provided with an aperture 36 to receive the lugs 34. The resilient nature of the material forming the body elements 22 permits the screw-driver to be easily inserted in the cavity 32, the lugs 34 engaging the aperture 36 to hold the screw-driver in position. The end of the handle 14 may be manually distended and the mouth of the cavity readily widened to permit removal of the screw-driver when desired.

In Figures 6 to 8 I have illustrated the handgrip of my present invention mounted on guns of various types. In Figure 6 I have shown a handgrip having an internal surface or configuration 20a which is of suitable form to embrace the lower external surface of the forearm 11a of a side-by-side double barrel shotgun. It will be apparent that the shape of the handgrip shown in Figure 6 is of substantially the same construction as that shown in Figures 2 to 5, differing only in the form of the space between the upwardly extending arms of the handgrip. As a practical matter, the half elements which form the assembly of both forms of handgrip, that of Figures 2 to 5 and that of Figure 6, may be initially molded in an identical manner. The interior surfaces 20 and 20a may then be stamped out, or otherwise cut away, with an appropriate die selected to produce the particular surface desired.

In Figure 7 I have shown a surface 20b suitable for engagement with the slide 11b of a pump gun.

In Figure 8 I have shown still another form of internal surface 20;- for engagement with the forearm 110 of a single-shot shotgun.

Practical operation within the bore formed by grooves 26 in a suitable direction will efiFect a separation of the nuts 30 away from the center of the bolt 27. The nuts 30, because of their position in contacting engagement with the near opposed surface of thespring member 25, will effect a separation .of the spring members relative to each other at their upper position. The spring members will in turn separate the arms of the handgrip so as to provide a sufiicient space therebetween to permit entry of the forearm or other suitable portion of the gun and adjustable sliding engagement therewith. The screw-driver may then be used to effect a turning of the bolt in an opposite direction so as to draw the arms of the handgrip together into tightly fitting engagement with the gun. The screw-driver may then be returned to the cavity, 32, and the handgrip is now mounted on the gun for practical use.

It will be apparent that the handgrip may be positioned at any suitable place along the gun structure in accordance with the particular desires of the user. Once tightened into locking engagement with the gun, the handgrip will provide a firmly secure but resilient holding means. Such a grip means allows the operator of the gun to use a thumb-up fist-like grasp along a vertical axis in forwardly supporting the barrel of the gun, thereby permitting the gun to be held in a manner which is substantially more stable and less awkward than the conventional palm-up direct grasp along the horizontal axis of the gun forearm.

I claim: 7

1. A handgrip adapted to be removably secured to the forearm or the like of a gun, said handgrip comprising a resilient Y-shaped body including a handle portion and curved arm portions, said body being formed by a pair of longitudinally extending half portions in"face-to-fa'ce relation, each of said halves having a pair of longitudinal channels spaced one from the other and each extending from the handle portion to one of each of the arm portions of said halves, said channels forming a pair of grooves extending from said handle portion to each of said arm portions when said halves are in face-to-face of opposed spring members normally biased away from each other and enclosed within said body, adjusting means connecting said spring members, said adjusting means comprising a bolt oppositely threaded along each half thereof and extending through an aperture in each of said spring members, a pair of nuts threaded onto the end of said bolt and fixed with respect to rotation relative to said body, said nuts each lying respectively between an end of the bolt and an adjusting spring member whereby rotation of the bolt in the one direction causes said nuts to converge toward each other and engage said spring members, a rotation of the bolt in the other direction causes said nuts to move away from each other,-whereby said arm portions may be caused to'converge.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 789,403 Aitken May 9, 1905 809,080 Wight Jan. 2, 1906 936,528 Freeman Oct. 12, 1909 2,104,129 Kress Jan. 4, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS 7,805 Great Britain 1893- 

